Re-Opening March 31 st Photographs of the American Civil War Tour De France Film Will Benefit Girls On The Run SEASOn OPEnS: The BEnEFiT COnCERT: March 31 - May 13 SiBLinG RivALRY: COOPERSTOWN Jim Kevlin/ All OTSEGO.life By LIBBY CUDMORE PALATINE BRIDGE ART SHOW: “Roads to Re- By JIM KEVLIN Alis Fruehstorfer, 7, makes a new friend, a chick that will be a fully grown free-range chicken in eight weeks. For Xavier, the cement floor in the new veg- etable-washing barn is a source of fun.
THE FREEMAN’S JOURNAL • HOMETOWN ONEONTA FOR DAILY NEWS UPDATES, VISIT www. All OTSEGO.com EVERY DAY THURSDAY-FRIDAY, MARCH 29-30, 2012 PAGE B-1 All O TSEGO.life WEEKEND’S BEST BETS Free Bird Farm Unlocks Doors To Urban Markets J ason Berry, writer/direc- tor/editor of “Chasing Legends,” an inside look at the 2011 Tour de France, will the film , then answer audience questions, twice this weekend. First, at 7 p.m. Friday, March 30, at the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s Bullpen The- atre; then at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 31, at The Oneonta Theatre. The events benefit the local chapter of Girls On the Run. $10 tickets online at www.grip- pedstore.com; $12 at door. Jason Berry will screen “Chasing Legends” in Coo- perstown and Oneonta. Tour De France Film Will Benefit Girls On The Run For Xavier, the cement floor in the new veg- etable-washing barn is a source of fun. Ken surveys the early vegetables that will be transplanted from greenhouse to fields in the next few days. Ken Fruehstor- fer and Mary- ellen Driscoll and kids Alis and Xavier walk the freshly tilled rich brown fields of their Free Bird Farm, Palatine Bridge. Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.life Alis Fruehstorfer, 7, makes a new friend, a chick that will be a fully grown free-range chicken in eight weeks. SIBLING RIVALRY: Derailing Darlings and the Roundhouse Rebels compete in a co-ed Oneonta Roller Derby scrimmage Friday, March 30, at Interskate 88, Route 23. Doors open at 6:30. $10 for adults; $3 children, to support the Oneonta Boys & Girls Club. ART SHOW: “Roads to Re- alism,” in Gallery A, “Go Fig- ure,” sketches from the Monday Night Drawing Group in Gallery B. Opening reception Friday, March 30, 5-7 p.m., Cooper- stown Art Association, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-9777. BENEFIT CONCERT: Dana LaCroix hosts a musical extravaganza of area talent to benefit the Jamaica Mission. $12 in advance, $15 at the door, under 12 free. Saturday, March 31, 7 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, 296 Main St., Oneonta. Info, Tickets, (607) 432-4286. SEASON OPENS: The NYSHA museums – The Feni- more and The Farmers’ – open at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 31, for the season. Six new exhibi- tions at Fenimore include return of the Thaw travelling collec- tion. Farmers’ includes free rides on Empire Carousel on opening weekend. Re-Opening March 31 st 5798 State Route 80 Cooperstown, NY 607-547-1400 FenimoreArtMuseum.org ��NEW�EXHIBITIONS�FOR� ��� ��INCLUDING� Commemorating the 150 th anniversary of the Civil War, Between the States presents a selection of rarely-seen Civil War images. Over 100 examples from 1862 to 1900 include reproductions from original albumen prints, ambrotypes, cartes de visites, cabinet cards, and tintypes. Organized by the George Eastman House. Between the States: Photographs of the American Civil War March 31 - May 13 (Detail) James Gardner. RUINS OF NORFOLK NAVY YARD, VIRGINIA from Gardner’s Photo- graphic Sketch Book of the War, vol. II, 1864. Collection of George Eastman House. Farme Of e Futu FEEDING NEW YORK CITY Antoine Vasse Brings Big Cakes, Tiny Pastries To Otesaga By LIBBY CUDMORE COOPERSTOWN H is secret is baking vanilla custard into the dough. “No one is using a crust like this,” Antoine Vasse, The Otesa- ga’s new pastry chef, said as he sliced straw- berries onto a rolled-out croissant. “It’s fresh, it’s from scratch every day.” This pastry, made at 9 a.m., would be on the 11 a.m. lunch buffet. “Everything is so fresh, it doesn’t have time to get old,” Vasse said. That Friday lunch buffett featured the strawberry tart, cream-filled zeppoles, a peanut butter tart, creme brule, strawberry shortcake and a ganache cake. With desserts like these, it’s almost tempting to skip lunch. “I did all my life,” he joked. Vasse has only been at The Otesaga for a month, but already he has big plans for his pas- tries. “I worked in many patisseries – every Please See PASTRIES, B5 By JIM KEVLIN PALATINE BRIDGE S peculator. Ball- ton Spa. Cam- bridge. Free Bird Farm’s Ken Fruehstorfer and Maryellen Driscoll had been ferrying their free-range chickens and vegetables to such relatively small Upstate farmers’ markets. Then, Ken had an inspiration. Why not Kings- ton, that Hudson Valley city in the middle of 180,000 people, an hour from New York? “I used to live down there,” said Ken. “There were a lot of liberals from Manhattan with weekend homes there,” potentially a “critical mass” looking for organic produce and meats. So one weekend, Ken and Maryellen packed their minivan – they inherited it from her mother, by way of a brother-in-law – with a cooler of chickens, a cooler of eggs and “whatever veg- etables we could fit in there.” Ken’s hunch paid off. “We did really well down there,” he said. The new customers “cared about where their food was coming from and how it was raised.” Because of the Kingston experience, Ken and Maryellen contacted Just Food, a non- profit in the metropolitan area that con- nects producers with CSAs – the letters stand for “community supported agri- culture.” (The couple also has a CSA in Coo- perstown; sign up through www.freebirdorganicfarm. com.) “It’s a way to eat in- Please See CSA, B2
Jason Berry, writer/direc-tor/editor of “Chasing Legends,” an inside look
at the 2011 Tour de France, will the film , then answer audience questions, twice this weekend.
First, at 7 p.m. Friday, March 30, at the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s Bullpen The-atre; then at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 31, at The Oneonta Theatre.
The events benefit the local chapter of Girls On the Run. $10 tickets online at www.grip-pedstore.com; $12 at door.
Jason Berry will screen “Chasing Legends” in Coo-perstown and Oneonta.
Tour De FranceFilm Will BenefitGirls On The Run
For Xavier, the cement floor in the new veg-etable-washing barn is a source of fun.
Ken surveys the early vegetables that will be transplanted from greenhouse to fields in the next few days.
Ken Fruehstor-fer and Mary-ellen Driscoll and kids Alis and Xavier walk the freshly tilled rich brown fields of their Free Bird Farm, Palatine Bridge.
Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.lifeAlis Fruehstorfer, 7, makes a new friend, a chick that will be a fully grown free-range chicken in eight weeks.
SiBLinG RivALRY: Derailing Darlings and the Roundhouse Rebels compete in a co-ed Oneonta Roller Derby scrimmage Friday, March 30, at Interskate 88, Route 23. Doors open at 6:30. $10 for adults; $3 children, to support the Oneonta Boys & Girls Club.
ART SHOW: “Roads to Re-alism,” in Gallery A, “Go Fig-ure,” sketches from the Monday Night Drawing Group in Gallery B. Opening reception Friday, March 30, 5-7 p.m., Cooper-stown Art Association, 22 Main St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-9777. BEnEFiT COnCERT: Dana LaCroix hosts a musical extravaganza of area talent to benefit the Jamaica Mission. $12 in advance, $15 at the door, under 12 free. Saturday, March 31, 7 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, 296 Main St., Oneonta. Info, Tickets, (607) 432-4286.
SEASOn OPEnS: The NYSHA museums – The Feni-more and The Farmers’ – open at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 31, for the season. Six new exhibi-tions at Fenimore include return of the Thaw travelling collec-tion. Farmers’ includes free rides on Empire Carousel on opening weekend.
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Commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, Between the States presents a selection of rarely-seen Civil War images. Over 100 examples from 1862 to 1900 include reproductions from original albumen prints, ambrotypes, cartes de visites, cabinet cards, and tintypes. Organized by the George Eastman House.
Between the States:Photographs of the American Civil WarMarch 31 - May 13
(Detail) James Gardner. RUINS OF NORFOLK NAVY YARD, VIRGINIA from Gardner’s Photo-graphic Sketch Book of the War, vol. II, 1864. Collection of George Eastman House.
Farmers Of The FutureFEEDING NEW YORK CITY
Antoine Vasse Brings Big Cakes, Tiny Pastries To OtesagaBy LIBBY CUDMORE
COOPERSTOWN
His secret is baking vanilla custard into the dough. “No one is using a crust like this,” Antoine Vasse, The Otesa-
ga’s new pastry chef, said as he sliced straw-berries onto a rolled-out croissant. “It’s fresh, it’s from scratch every day.”
This pastry, made at 9 a.m., would be on the 11 a.m. lunch buffet. “Everything is so fresh, it doesn’t have time to get old,” Vasse said.
That Friday lunch buffett featured the strawberry tart, cream-filled zeppoles, a peanut
butter tart, creme brule, strawberry shortcake and a ganache cake. With desserts like these, it’s almost tempting to skip lunch. “I did all my life,” he joked.
Vasse has only been at The Otesaga for a month, but already he has big plans for his pas-tries. “I worked in many patisseries – every
Please See PASTRIES, B5
By JIM KEVLIN
PALATINE BRIDGE
Speculator. Ball-ton Spa. Cam-
bridge. Free Bird
Farm’s Ken Fruehstorfer and Maryellen Driscoll had been ferrying their free-range chickens and vegetables to such relatively small Upstate farmers’ markets.
Then, Ken had an inspiration. Why not Kings-ton, that Hudson Valley city in the middle of 180,000 people, an hour from New York?
“I used to live down there,” said Ken. “There were a lot of liberals from Manhattan with weekend homes there,” potentially a “critical mass” looking for organic produce and meats.
So one weekend, Ken
and Maryellen packed their minivan – they inherited it from her mother, by way of a brother-in-law – with a cooler of chickens, a cooler of eggs and “whatever veg-
etables we could fit in there.”
Ken’s hunch paid off. “We did really well down there,” he said. The new customers “cared about where their food was coming from and how it was raised.”
Because of the Kingston experience, Ken and Maryellen contacted Just Food, a non-profit in the metropolitan area that con-nects producers with CSAs – the letters stand for “community supported agri-culture.” (The couple also has a CSA in Coo-
perstown; sign up through www.freebirdorganicfarm.com.)
“It’s a way to eat in-Please See CSA, B2
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CSA members pay a fee and as early vegetables ripen and throughout the grow-ing season – 27 weeks, June to November – receive a weekly delivery of a half-dozen fresh vegetables and, from Free Bird Farm, fresh eggs and chickens as well, all USDA-certified organic.
“It’s allowed us to set our business up like a wholesaler,” Ken continued. “Every-thing in one truck, one truck to 2-3 stops in the city. Not 20 bunches of beets – 200 bunches of beats.”
The next year, the minivan was replaced by a larger Econoline. The next year, by a refrigerated truck, as CSA membership rose to 320; another 100 are expected to join this season. Next year, an even larger refriger-ated truck is in the offing.
The foundation crops are carrots, broc-coli and potatoes, but escarole, bok choy and other specialty greens help round out the offerings. With her writing background, Maryellen e-mails a weekly newsletter to CSA members that contains recipes and advice for preparing that week’s offerings.
As farmers in Otsego County and the surrounding region seek to reinvent Upstate agriculture post-dairying, one phrase you hear repeatedly is “value added” – turning commodities into specialty products that demand higher prices along the populated East Coast.
But the letters C-S-A comprise an alter-nate strategy, and people from Ellen Pope, Otsego 2000 executive director, to Chris Harmon, Milford supervisor, grass-fed beef grower and former CADE executive direc-tor, will tell you what Ken and Maryellen
are doing is a model to follow.“We weren’t sure about CSAs,” said
Maryellen during an interview the other day in the couple’s 1858 farmhouse on windy acreage with a long view of the Mohawk Valley. “We thought of it as a big obliga-tion. It takes a lot of knowledge to make that commitment.”
As it happens, Ken and Maryellen had developed “a lot of knowledge” through a decade of striving to make their farming dream a reality.
Ken, raised in Indiana, Pa., and a gradu-ate of the University of Rhode Island, had spent his 20s working on other people’s vegetable farms, partly in New Mexico but mostly in the Northeast.
He was working for Gen. George Patton, son of the World War II hero of the same name, in Hamilton, Mass., north of Boston,
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AllOTSEGO.lifeAlis and Xavier get acquainted with one of the Rhode Island Red, egg-layers that had arrived at Free Bird Farm the week before.
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CSA/From B2and was so full of energy that, after a day in the fields, he’d work out at the Hamil-ton Club, a local gym.
There he met Maryellen, one of four daughters of John Driscoll, now-retired editor-in-chief of the Boston Globe; she was working parttime in the gym and full-time at Cook’s Illustrated, the food magazine. She was soon captivated by Ken’s dream.
“I always wanted to have my own farm, so I could get up and work every day,” said Ken, son of a PennDOT engineer and a school teacher, who was always an itchy boy while grow-ing up, shifting in his seat, tapping his foot, eager to do something. “I love work. It keeps me grounded.”
“I was going on a lot of faith,” said Maryellen. “I was going on a lot of faith in Ken.”
The two were soon rang-ing the countryside from Virginia to northern New England, looking for land, and they happened on the af-fordable 130-acre farm that would become their home.
“This was one of the few places left where there’s a really good agricultural in-frastructure,” said Ken, who can buy a John Deere part 10 minutes away in Cana-joharie, or an International part just down the road.
And so, in 1999, the couple embarked on their adventure, a vegetable farm, and also marriage. Their families gathered on the McKinley Road property for the event; when the wedding banquet was unveiled, flies swarmed from the pig sty in the barn and covered the walls of their new home, a happening now firmly part of Fruehstorfer-Driscoll family lore.
Not only hadn’t the farm
been worked seriously in two decades, the farmhouse was in serious disrepair. Ken had it secured by winter, but the couple found themselves eating breakfast in their snowsuits, scarves and gloves. Maryellen spent 3-4 days a week at Cook’s Illustrated, while Ken spent evenings upgrading the house.
The original plan was to sell free-range chickens, and Ken had soon lined up a number of restaurants, although competing with commercial food distribu-tors was tough. “I spent quite a few years trying to figure out if I could make a business out of that,” said Ken.
The other day, the first of several cycles of 100 chicks had just arrived; in a few days, they will be put out to pasture, growing to selling weight in eight weeks;
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The Mohawk Valley stretch-es behind Ken Fruehstorfer in his newly tilled field on McKin-ley Road, near Palatine Bridge.
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CSA/From B3chemical- and steroid-fed commercial birds are ready in half that time. Ken had also driven down to Penn-sylvania the week before to pick up 600 pullets, Rhode Island Red layers for the egg end of the business.
Early on, the couple picked up 10 bulbs of garlic
from a neighbor, “puny, weak-looking garlic,” said Maryellen, “and it” – Span-ish roja, strong, punchy – “grew beautifully here.” Today, they sell 3-4 tons of garlic annually at the gran-daddy of garlic festivals, in Saugerties, and save 80,000 head of seed garlic a year. A nice cash crop.
“We didn’t have a busi-ness plan,” said Ken. “We just wanted to live on a farm and raise our family here.” Daughter Alis joined them seven years ago; son Xavier, four years ago. Alis is a first grader at Canajoharie Central; Xavier, as did Alis, attends nursery school in Milford.
Before long, Ken had a five acres under cultivation. Then 10 acres, but he was maxing out. The couple recruited interns to help them out, but couldn’t find a dependable workforce will-ing to spend all day in the fields, weeding, bending and picking. Advertising on the Internet, “we never received a resume from anyone who worked on a vegetable farm,” said Maryellen.
“Our country does not have an agricultural labor force any more.”
For the first time last year, the couple took advantage of state and federal guest-worker programs, bringing in four workers from Guate-mala who worked the fields from April 1 to November, then caught a plane for home at Albany Internation-al Airport. It worked out so well, the same four men are coming back.
At first, Maryellen, a Latin American Studies major at Stanford, was a bit conflicted, but that eased a bit when she learned “after the drug trade, the primary source of income (in Guate-mala) is from this program. It’s an effective way of stabilizing the economy.”
The stable work force will allow Free Bird Farm to cultivate 30 acres this year, and a large new barn – a
new barn is a rarity in these part; it will house the veg-etable-washing operation – is almost complete. (NBT Bank has been a depend-able financing source.) Ken expects to max out at 50-60 acres.
With Ken and Maryellen in their early 40s, where’s all this heading? “Where do you see yourself in 10 years?” Ken sometimes asks himself, and he replies, “On a farm.” He hopes by career’s end to have devel-oped sufficient equity that if Alis or Xavier want to continue the operation, they will be able to do so.
After 13 years of toil, it’s still a dream come true. “I can’t believe this is how I live my life,” said Maryel-len as the kids ran around the pullet pen, getting to know the new arrivals. “How lucky I am.”
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PASTRIES/From B1place has a different style, different recipes. I’m taking my 29-year career and bringing it here.”
In late spring, he will debut three custom desserts; the Opera cake, a cheese mousse and the resort’s eponymous signature des-sert, a cognac-flavored shortcake with a layer of chocolate ganache and white choco-late mousse.
A pistachio cake will be the Easter spe-cialty, and the summer will bring a variety of fruit mousses, including raspberry, straw-berry and lemon.
“I don’t want people to get tired of des-serts,” he said. “I respect the season. In fall, it’s apples and pears, in winter, it’s heavy chocolate and ganache. In spring, it’s early fruit. And in summer, when it’s hot, I make light fruit mousses and miniature des-serts. Miniature pastries look spectacular when they’re all lined up.”
Vasse apprenticed in a pastry shop in his native France, where he studied pastries, cakes and working with chocolate. “Since I was a kid, this is what I said I wanted to do.”
He moved to the States in 1990, and from 1993 to 1999, he owned the White Plains Bake Shop in Westchester County, where he got to take his love of cake baking to extreme limits. He baked a 25-foot-long cake for the corresponding anniversary of Toys R Us. “They gave me a police escort,” he says. “If a cake like that breaks, there’s no repairing it.”
Even when serving a roomful wedding guests, Vasse makes his cakes in one piece.
“Many people will have a small cake for the bride and groom and a sheet cake for the guests,” he says. “I can go up to 400 people in one piece. I make my own marzipan flowers, I do it all.”
But giant cakes aside, miniature desserts and thin cake slices are part of his presenta-tion. “I prefer to slice smaller so people can test a few things,” he says. “When I do a cake, everyone deserves to have it. If there’s a party, whether it’s a hundred people or two, I want to make sure they get the whole diversity of desserts. Everyone will find something they like.”
As the hands on the clock start to drift towards the lunch hour, he brushes an apri-cot glaze on the strawberry tart to give it a glossy finish and puts it on the cart to take upstairs to the dining room.
“I was told a long time ago by a friend, ‘What is better than a table with good food, good wine and good dessert?’” he says. “When you go out with friends, what is it for? To eat, to drink, don’t you agree?”
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Notice something
different about The Otesaga’s
pastries lately? Credit
Antoine Vasse,
who has brought
29 years of experi-ence here in France to the re-sort hotel on Otsego
Lake.
Vasse’s Resume Includes 25-Foot CakeFor Toys R Us’ Quarter-Century Mark
Fruits in season will be among An-toine Vasse’s trademarks.
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Thursday, March 29
TAI CHI – 4-5 p.m. Green Earth Community Room, 4 Market St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-6600.
CLASS – 6-8 p.m. Introduction to Cartooning through Cooper-stown Graduate Program. $30. Info, registration, (607) 436-2548, [email protected].
OPEN MIKE – 6-6:30 p.m. Open Mic features Three Heads Brewing, beer tasting with brew-ers. Stella Luna Ristorante, 58-60 Market St., Oneon-ta. Info, (607) 433-7646.
SEMI-NAR -- 7 p.m. NYSAFC hosts firefighter workshop, “Tax-payer/Strip Mall Fires: Is Risk Worth the Reward?” $15, NYSAFC members, $25 non-members. Worcester Fire Dept., 36 Church St., Worcester. Info, registration, (800) 676-FIRE.
GAS FORUM – 7 p.m. Experts discuss economic, heath and environmental impacts of hy-drofracking. Unadilla Methodist Church, 170 Main St., Unadilla.
POET – 7 p.m. Poet, singer, novelist Judith Mok from Dublin, Ireland/ Attendees encouraged to read their own work or that of others reflecting theme of Wom-en’s History Month. Donations gratefully accepted. Bright Hill Literary Center, 94 Church St., Treadwell. Info (607) 829-5055, [email protected]
BLOOD DRIVE – 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Red Cross Bloodmobile. Participants will be eligible to win gift certificates to the Farmhouse Restaurant, Ruffinos or for pot-tery. Oneonta Specialty Services, One Associate Dr., Oneonta. Info, registration: (607) 433-6352.
FISH FRY -- 4-6 p.m. Lenten Fish Fry. Take out available. Free will donation. Columbus Com-munity Church, 4311 St. Hwy. 80, Columbus.
FISH FRY – 4:30 p.m. Lenten Fish Fry hosted by The Knights of Columbus Hon. Joseph P. Molinari Council 4989. $5-$10. St. Mary’s Church Parish Center, 38 Walnut St., Oneonta. Info, [email protected]
ROBOKRONOS FUNDRAISER – 5-8 p.m. Help Robokronos, Otsego’s regional 4-H “Rookie All-Star” champion robotics team get to national championships in St. Louis. Eat in or take out. Also April 6th. Admission by contribu-tion. Pizza Hut, 710 Main St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-9004.
ART SHOW – 5-7 p.m. “Roads to Realism,” Gallery A, “Go Fig-ure,” Gallery B. Cooperstown Art Association, 22 Main St., Cooper-stown. Info, (607) 547-9777.
SPAGHETTI DINNER – 5:30-7 p.m. Support Cooperstown se-nior class. Cooperstown Central School Cafeteria, Linden Ave., Cooperstown. Info, Linda Flynn, (607) 435-0014.
TALENT SHOW – 6 p.m. “Fool’s Night Out” talent show. Schenevus Central School, Main St., Schenevus.
FILM FUNDRAISER -- 6:30 p.m. Gripped Films to show “Unclipped.,” a series of unaired short films behind the scenes of the 2011 Tour de France. Discussion with Writer/Direc-tor/Editor Jason Berry to follow. Proceeds to benefit Girls on the Run. $10 online, $12 at the door. Bullpen Theatre, Baseball Hall of Fame, Main St., Cooperstown. Info, tickets. Sherrie Kingsley, (607) 547-6024, [email protected], www.grippedstore.com.
ROLLER DERBY – 6:30 doors, 7:15 whistle. Sibling Rivalry Scramble with Derailing Darlings and the Roundhouse Rebels in co-ed Oneonta Roller Derby scrimmage! Tickets $10/adult, $3/child with a portion support-ing the Oneonta Boys & Girls Club. Interskate 88, Rte. 23, Oneonta.
MUSICAL COMEDY – 7 p.m. Sandy Wilson’s “The Boy Friend,” a musical comedy spoof set in the 1920s. Also, Sat. 7 p.m.; Sun. April 1, 2 p.m. matinee. Tickets $10, $5 students & se-niors at door or from drama club members. Belden Auditorium, Oneonta High School, 130 East St., Oneonta.
Seniors $3. Franklin Central School, 26 Institute Street, Franklin. Info, (607) 829-3025.
PLAY – 7:30 p.m. “Snow White” presented by Cooper-stown Central School Senior Class. $5 for students, $8 adults, $20 per family. Also Sat. 2 p.m. Matinees. Cooperstown Central School, 39 Linden Ave, Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-8181.
GIG – 9 p.m. MAE and Tru Statement Showcase. A night of hip-hop for your ears to enjoy. Cover, $5. Black Oak Tavern, 14 Water St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-9566, www.blackoaktavern.com
SaturdayMarch 31
FAMILY SALE – 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Large array of gently-used cloth-ing of all sized, toys, books, baby equipment, household items and more. Lots of parking, indoor event. The Brookwood School, 687 County Hwy. 59, Cooper-stown. Info, Angela Chadwell, (607) 547-4060.
HEART RUN – 10:30 a.m. registration; Noon Run/Walk start. Oneonta Heart Run for the American Heart Association. Neahwah Park, Oneonta.
EASTER EGG ROLL – 10 a.m.-noon. Annual Hyde Hall Easter Egg Roll. Free, all welcome. Hyde Hall, 267 Glimmerglass State park Road, Cooperstown. Info, Jonathan Maney, (607) 547-5098, www.hydehall.org
CANINE CLASS – 10-11 a.m. 4-H Dog Obedience Class. Youth ages 8-19 learn to train Rover in 10-week Saturday morning se-ries. $50 for enrolled 4-H mem-bers and $100 for non-enrolled, limited to 10 registrants. Dogs must be at least four months old and have had rabies, distemper, and parvo shots. Hinman Hollow Dog Training Center, 1438 Cty. Hwy. 45, Hartwick. Info, register, call Patti Zellmer, Cooperative Ex-tension Office, (607) 547-2536, X-225, [email protected]
EXHIBITIONS – 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Fenimore Museum season opens with six new exhibitions: “To Great Acclaim: Homecoming of the Thaw Collection;” “A Lineage of Iroquois Artistry;” “Between the States: Photographs from the American Civil War;” “Reclaiming Gettysburg: Kevin Gray’s Modern Tintypes;” “Heavenly Aida: Highlights from the Metropolitan Opera;” and “Spellbound: The Metropolitan Opera’s Armide;” Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 N.Y. 80, Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-1472, www.FenimoreArtMu-seum.org.
MEDITATION – 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Guided meditations with Eliza-beth K. Stratton, M.S. will guide participants into a series of medi-tations. $95 Includes Vegetarian Lunch. Atma Lotus Center, 10 Lawn Ave., Oneonta. Pre-registra-tion, info: 607 433-2353, [email protected]
G.I.R.L.S – Noon. “Cook More, Spend Less.” Learn to cook tasty and delicious meals that stretch food dollars. Open to women and girls of all ages. Free. Space is limited, registration recommend-ed. Richfield Springs Commu-nity Center, 6 Ann St., Richfield Springs. Info: (315) 858-3200.
WINE TASTING – 1-3 p.m. Wine Tasting. Rudy’s Liquor Store, 143 Main St., Cooper-stown. Free jelly beans for the kids. Info, (607) 547-8297.
FILM SHORTS – 1:30 p.m. Gripped Films to show a series of unaired short films behind the scenes of the 2011 Tour de France. Discussion with Writer/Director/Editor Jason Berry to follow. Proceeds benefit Girls on the Run. $10 online, $12 at the door. Balcony Ballroom, Oneonta Theatre, 47 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Tickets, info. www.grippedstore.com.
PLAY – 2 p.m. Matinee, 7:30 show. “Snow White” presented by the Senior Class. $5 stu-dents, $8 adults, $20 per family. Cooperstown Central School, 39 Linden Ave, Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-8181.
FUNDRAISER DINNER – 6 p.m. “From our Family To Yours, A Family-style Fundraising Din-ner.” Family recipes, old and new served up at Cassie’s Cafe to support programming of The Rox-bury Arts Group. $25, includes dinner and ticket to film screen-
ing “Big Night,” 8 p.m. at The Roxbury Arts Center. Reservation required. Cassie’s Cafe, 53535 State Rte. 30 (Main St., Roxbury. Info, (607) 326-7908, [email protected]
BOOKS TO WATCH – 6:30 p.m., “To Kill a Mockingbird” (1962). Film/novel coupling discussion in “Books We love to Watch” film series. Free, reg-istration required. The Smithy, 55 Pioneer St., Coo-
CLASSICAL CONCERT – 7 p.m. Samuel Pang and Peter Klimo on viola and piano per-form Schubert, Bruch, Brahms, and Paganini. $20 donation requested, children free. Grace Episcopal church, Montgomery St., Cherry Valley. Info, reserva-tions, (607) 286-7109, www.patrickcalleopresents.com
BENEFIT CONCERT – 7 p.m. Dana LaCroix hosts a musical extravaganza of area talent. Benefits the Jamaica Mission to Pringle Home Orphanage. $12 in advance, $15 at the door, under 12 free. First Presbyterian Church, 296 Main St., Oneonta. Info, Tickets, (607) 432-4286.
CONCERT – 7 p.m. Gala Alla Gallodoro featuring Chad Smith and others. A portion of the proceeds donated to Al Gallodoro Music Memorial Fund. Tickets, $15. Oneonta Theatre, 47 Chest-nut St., Oneonta. Info, www.agallodoro.com, (607) 643-4022.
MUSICAL COMEDY – 7 p.m. Sandy Wilson’s “The Boy Friend,” a musical comedy spoof set in the 1920s. Also, Sun. April 1, 2 p.m. matinee. Tickets $10, $5 students & seniors at door or from drama club members. Belden Auditorium, Oneonta High School, 130 East St., Oneonta.
DANCE – 7 p.m. Spring Dance party. 7-8 p.m., learn the Hustle, no partner required. Dancing from 8-10 p.m. with DJ. First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 287-8280, [email protected]
GIG – 9 p.m. Black Mountain Symphony with special guests The Ameros and Titanics. Five-piece band sprinkles live sets with hints of everything from classical music to bits of Motown, blues and jazz. $5/ 21+ Info, (607) 432-9566. Black Oak Tav-ern, 14 Water St., Oneonta.
Sunday,april 1
palm SundayGODSPELL -- 10:45 a.m.
Cooperstown Central School students perform songs from musical Godspell under direction of Sammy Sallas Bayes, cho-reographer of movie version of “Godspell.” All welcome. Palm Sunday worship service, First Presbyterian Church, 25 Church St., Cooperstown. Info, 9607) 547-8401.
SPAY/NEUTER CLINIC – Low cost spay-neuter clinic for cats 6 mo. or older. $35 includes rabies vaccination. By appoint-ment, space limited. Info, ap-pointments, (607) 547-8111.
MUSICAL COMEDY – 2 p.m. Sandy Wilson’s “The Boy Friend,” a musical comedy spoof set in the 1920s. Tickets $10, $5 students & seniors at door or in advance from drama club members. Belden Auditorium, Oneonta High School, 130 East St., Oneonta.
CANTATA -- 3 p.m. “The King is Coming.” Public invited, light refreshments. Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School Audito-rium, Rte. 54, Cherry Valley.
Tuesday, april 3
MEDITATION – 5:15-6:15 p.m. Introduction to the Buddhist view and mediation. The Green Earth, 4 Market St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 527-5185.
MEDITATION – Six week course on the Six Paramitas, April 3-May 8. $60. Rangjung Yeshe Gomde Meditation Center, 412 Glimmerglen Road, Cooper-stown. Info, (607) 547-5051, [email protected]
OPEN MIC – 7:30 p.m. sign-up, 8 p.m. show. Julia’s Open Mic and auditions. Best performers compete in May for $500 worth of studio time at Dryhill Studios. The Crystal Palace Barbershop, 18 Dietz Street, Oneonta. Info, (518) 378-1225.
Thursday, april 5
WORKSHOP -- 9:30 a.m.-noon. Discerning the differ-ence between punishment and discipline. First United Methodist Church, 66 Chestnut St., Oneon-ta Info, (607) 432-2870.
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Thursday, April 5(contd.)
TAI CHI – 4-5 p.m. Green Earth Community Room, 4 Market St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-6600.
STAGE SECRETS – 7 p.m. “Comedy, Tragedy and Gratuitous Violence!” Backstage secrets revealed! START Actors dem-onstrate the lively art of stage combat in Shakespeare scenes tragic and comical. Info, (697) 397-9031, [email protected]
HOME ENERGY – 7 p.m. “Building Science 101: Learning From a Home Energy Audit,” a conversation on home energy use examines modern building science through the lens of an energy audit of Bailey Cabin. Learn to understand and mea-sure heat loss, to produce and distribute heat more efficiently and comfortably; reduce electric-ity consumption; address mois-ture; and evaluate economics. Free, all welcome. Strawbale House, Pine Lake Environmental Campus, Hartwick College. Info, Dan Morse, (607) 431-4666, [email protected]
CONTRADANCE – 8-11 p.m. Cooperstown Contradance. Hannah Otten calls with music by The Flying Garbanzos, a 4-piece group playing music of Celtic, Appalachian, or Canadian derivation. Singles, couples and families of all ages welcome. No experience necessary; all dances are taught. Suggested donation: adults $8; students, 13-18, $4; 12 & under, free. First Presbyte-rian Church, 25 Church St., Coo-perstown. Info, (607) 965-8232.
JOURNALIST – 8:30 p.m. SUNY Pride Week brings award-winning CNN and ESPN colum-nist LZ Granderson, “Dare You to Move.” ESPN senior writer and columnist, contributor to ESPN’s Sports Center, Outside the Lines and First Take. Hunt Union Ballroom, SUNY Oneonta. Info, Dr. Robin Nussbaum, coordina-tor, SUNY Oneonta Fender and Sexuality Resource Center, (607) 436-3213, [email protected]
FridayApril 6
Good FridayEASTER BUNNY PICS – 9:30
a.m.-noon. Photos with the Eas-ter Bunny, benefit Cooperstown Relay for Life. Crafts and good-ies, too. 4x6 - $5; 5x7 - $5. Bank of Cooperstown, 73 Chestnut St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-2210.
ROBOKRONOS FUNDRAISER – 5-8 p.m. Help Robokronos, Otsego’s regional 4-H “Rookie All_Star” champion robotics team get to national championships in St. Louis. Eat in or take out. Admission by contribution. Pizza Hut, 710 Main St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-9004.
OPENING RECEPTION – 5-8 p.m. “The Art of Music., oneonta Concert Association and Com-munity Arts network of Oneonta host opening reception. Music-themed art, with preview of OCA’s upcoming 85th Anniversary Season. Free music and hors d”oeuvres. Wilber Mansion, 11 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Info, www.oneontaconcertassociation.org
PLANETARIUM – 7 p.m. Free planetarium show, highlighting night sky constellations, stars and planets through a virtual voyage through the solar system, galaxy and universe. Free, seat-ing limited, registration required. Also April 20, May 4. SUNY Oneonta Dept. of Physics and Astronomy Planetarium, base-ment level, Science I build., West Dormitory Road, SUNY Oneonta.
Online registration: http://em-ployees.oneonta.edu/smolinjp/planetarium.html Info, Dr. Jason Smolinski (607) 436-2620, [email protected].
CELESTIAL WATCH – 8 p.m., weather permitting. Public ob-servation nights, in conjunction with 7 p.m. SUNY Planetarium shows. Public can view plan-ets, star clusters and galaxies through the college’s 40-inch, 16-inch and 14-inch telescopes, and pair of giant binoculars for wide-angle viewing. SUNY Obser-vatory, College Camp, north-eastern side of SUNY Oneonta campus. Info, Dr. Jason Smo-linski (607) 436-2620, [email protected].
SaturdayApril 7
PassoverEASTER MARKET – 9 a.m.-2
p.m. Cooperstown Farmers Mar-ket Easter Celebration. Seasonal fruits,veggies and all cuts of local meats and poultry. Local eggs, cheese, more. Pioneer Alley (behind Key Bank), rain or shine. Info, (607) 547-6195, www.otsego2000.org
EASTER PARADE -- Noon - 2 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Easter Bunny lead a parade to a tea party at the Tunnicliff Inn, with face paint-ing and balloon animals. Free, all welcome. Lakefront Park, off Lake St. Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-9983, X-3.
EASTER EGG HUNT -- 1 p.m. Open to the community -- chil-dren of all ages welcome! East Worcester United Methodist Church, 2 South Hill Rd., East Worcester.
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EASTER BRUNCH – 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Easter Brunch Buf-fet. Enjoy waffles, omelettes, fruits, pastries, and juices, along with Prime Rib, Ham, Chicken, Seafood Newburg, Salmon, vegetables, salads, an array of desserts and lots more. Kids can enjoy their own fun buffet items as well. Piano music by Mark Lubell. $39.95 per person; $19.98 per child (8 & under). The Otesaga Resort Hotel, 60 Lake St., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 544-2524.
Monday, April 9
DANCE WORKSHOP – 6-9 p.m. West African Dance Work-shop, with artist-in-residence Godwin Abotsi. Free. Fine Arts, M201, SUNY Oneonta. Info, (607) 436-3441.
FILM -- 7 p.m. “A Chemical Reaction” documentary about the banning of pesticides and herbicides. Templeton Hall, corner of Pioneer and Church St., Cooperstown. Info, Sam or Hilda Wilcox, (607) 547-9725.
TuesdayApril 10
MEDITATION – 5:15-6:15 p.m. Introduction to the Buddhist view and mediation. Green Earth, 4 Market St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 527-5185.
WednesdayApril 11
WOMEN’S CLUB – 1 p.m. Women’s Club of Cooperstown “Spring Card and Game Party!” Card games, dominos, mah-jong and dessert buffet. Christ Church Parish House, 69 Fair St., Cooperstown. Info, Mary Marga-ret Kuhn, (607) 547-6181.
Thursday, April 12
LECTURE -- 7:30 p.m. “Put-ting ‘Race’ In Its Place,” Lionel K. McPherson. Craven Lounge,
Morris Conference Center, SUNY Oneonta. Info, (607) 436-2811.
TAI CHI – 4-5 p.m. Green Earth Community Room, 4 Market St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-6600.
Friday, April 13
CONCERT – 9 p.m. Songwriter Chris Smither with synthesis of folk and blues. A blistering gui-tarist, melding styles of his two major influences, Lightnin’ Hop-kins and Mississippi John Hurt, into signature guitar sound. The Oneonta Theatre, 47 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 643-4022, www.oneontatheatre.com
SaturdayApril 14
GARDEN WORKSHOPS – 8:30 a.m. registration. Two sessions; “Garden Design,” “Vegetable Gardening in Containers,” and “Edible Gardening” at 10 a.m., “Flowers,” “Magical Gardening: Nature at Work for You,” and “Composting” at 11 a.m. $10 for both workshops. Milford Central School, 42 County Road 44 Mil-ford. Info, (607) 547-2536 X-0.
BOTTLE DRIVE – 9 a.m. Cooperstown Scout Troop 1254 monthly bottle drive. Please leave deposit bottles and cans curbside. For special pickup, call (607) 547-1310.
GARDEN EVENT -- 9 a.m. The Beekman Boys discuss heirloom seeds. Book signing to follow. Milford Central School, 42 County Road 44, Milford. Info, Amy Chamberlain, (607) 547-2536 X-226.
ONEONTA FARMERS MARKET – 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Oneonta Winter Farmers Market, 2nd and 4th Saturdays, through May. Wide selection of area goods. Main St. Garage walkway. Main St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 437-0158, www.OneontaFarmersMarket.com
EARTH FEST – 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Earth Festival 2012. Environmen-tally-focused, interactive event with xhibits, activities, vendors and entertainment, all with a fun, earth-friendly twist. Milford Cen-tral School, 42 West Main St., Milford. Info, Darla Youngs, (607) 547-4488, www.occainfo.org
GOODS & SERVICES AUC-TION – 5:30 p.m. Silent and live auction for furniture, artwork, photography and classes. Free admission. Unitarian Universalist Church, 12 Ford Ave., Oneonta. Info, (607) 432-3491.
Sunday,April 15
CONCERT – 3 p.m. Too Many Divas perform girl-group hits of the 50’s and 60’s. $10. Oneonta Theatre, 47 Chestnut St., Oneonta. Info, Tickets, (607) 432-2998.
Monday, April 16
SHOWCASE – 6-9 p.m. Godwin Abotsi and the SUNY Oneonta World Percussion and Dance Ensemble, poetry, art and fashion. Donations taken for Ghana’s Hope and Faith School and Star Child Orphanage. Hunt Union Ballroom, SUNY Oneonta. Info, (607) 436-3441.
SCREENINGS -- Breast Cancer screenings through Bassett’s mobile screening coach. Richfield Springs Health Center, 8550 State Hwy. 28. Info and appoint-ments, 1-888-416-3409.
TuesdayApril 17
MEDITATION – 5:15-6:15 p.m. Introduction to the Buddhist view, mediation. The Green Earth, 4 Market St., Oneonta. Info, (607) 527-5185.
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Notice of formation of PROJECT ANTHOOLO-GIES, LLC, Articles of Organization were filed with the NY Secretary of State on February 13, 2012. The office of the LLC is to be located in Otsego County. The Sec-retary of State has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The Secretary of State shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to: Project Anthologies, LLC, 9 Irving Place, Oneonta, NY 13820. The purpose of the LLC is to engage in any lawful act or activity. 6LegalMar29
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Notice of formation of FSTS, LLC (“LLC”). Articles of Organiza-tion were filed with the Secretary of State of NY (“SSNY”) on 01/20/2012. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her to: The LLC, 522 Mooney Rd., Worcester, NY 12197. Purpose: for any lawful purpose.6LegalMar29
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The name of the LLC is DHL Softball Enterprises, LLC. Articles of Organi-zation were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on February 22, 2012. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to the LLC, 626 Vanderlyn Lane, Slingerlands, New York 12159. Purpose: any law-ful activity. 6LegalApril12
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Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: JMB HEATING & COOLING LLC. Articles of orga-nization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 6 February 2012. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 4228 St Hwy 28, Lot 10, Cooperstown, NY 13326. Purpose is to engage in any and all busi-ness activities permitted under NYS laws.6LegalMar29
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MCM SITE ANALYSIS, LLC
Articles of Organization of this Limited Liability Company (LLC) were filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on January 9, 2012. The LLC maintains its office in Otsego Coun-ty. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served to the LLC at: The LLC, 184 Barlow Road, Oneonta, New York 13820. Purpose: for any lawful activity for which limited liability companies
may be formed under the law.6LegalApril19
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THE CHOCOLATE STUDIO, LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 03/09/2012. Of-fice in Otsego Co. SSNY design Agent of LLC upon whom Process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 4861 State Highway 28, Cooperstown, NY 13325 Purpose: Any Lawful purpose.6LegalApril19
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Notice of Formation of ROUNDHOUSE RES-TAURANT GROUP, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/27/12. Office location: Otsego County. Princ. office of LLC: 214 Main St., Oneonta, NY 13820. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to c/o United State Corp. Agents, Inc., 7014 13th Ave., Ste. 202,
Brooklyn, NY 11228. Purpose: Any lawful activity.6LegalApril26
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Notice of Formation of ROUNDHOUSE RES-TAURANT HOLDINGS, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 03/06/12. Office location: Otsego County. Princ. office of LLC: 214 Main St., Oneonta, NY 13820. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, Attn: Tim Masterjohn at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.6LegalApril26
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Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: R & B EQUIPMENT LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 1 March 2012. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon
whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 7761 ST HWY 80, Springfield Center, NY 13468. Purpose is to engage in any and all busi-ness activities permitted under NYS laws.6LegalApril26
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Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Liability Company. Name: RAN-DY AND BRENDA’S LLC. Articles of orga-nization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 1 March 2012. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 7761 ST HWY 80, Springfield Center, NY 13468. Purpose is to engage in any and all busi-ness activities permitted under NYS laws6LegalApril26
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Notice of Formation of a NY Limited Li-ability Company. Name:
UNLIMITED UPSTATE SERVICES, LLC. Articles of organization filing date with Secretary of State (SSNY) was 24 Febru-ary 2012. Office location: Otsego County. SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served and SSNY shall mail copy of process to 160 Koenig Road, Spring-field Center, NY 13468. Purpose is to engage in any and all business activities permitted under NYS laws.6LegalApril26
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ILG ENERGY SOLU-TIONS LLC Articles of Org. filed NY Sec. of State (SSNY) 2/21/2012. Of-fice in Otsego Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to 3486 County Hwy 33, Cherry Valley, NY 13320, which is also the principal busi-ness location. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. 6LegalMay3
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGNOTICE is hereby given that there has been duly introduced before the Board of Representatives of the County of Otsego, New York, a Local Law entitled: A Local Law re-scinding Local Law No. 3 of 2007, entitled establish-ing “Child Safety Zones” in Otsego County, and its amendment, Local Law No. 1 of 2008, entitled Amending Local Law No. 3 of 2007- Establishing “Chid Safety Zones” in Otsego County.
NOTICe is further given that the Board of Repre-sentatives will conduct a public hearing on the proposed Local Law in the Representatives Cham-bers at the County Office Building in the Village of Cooperstown, New York on Wednesday, April 4, 2012 at 9:15 a.m. at which time all persons interested will be heard. The location of the public hearing is accessible to persons with a mobility impairment.
Copies of the Local Law are available for viewing
at the Clerk of the Board’s Office, County Office Building, Cooperstown, New York during regular business hours.
Dated: March 23, 2012Carol D. McGovernClerk of the BoardOf RepresentativesOtsego County, New York1LegalMarch29
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Otsego Manor, in accor-dance with the New York and Federal Laws Prohib-its discrimination in any form on the basis of race, creed, color.1LegalMarch 29
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Notice is hereby given that a license, number 2184414 for on-premises liquor has been applied for by PIONEER PATIO RES-TAURANT INC to sell beer, liquor and wine at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 46 Pioneer Street, Cooperstown, NY 13326, Otsego County, for on premises consumption.2LegalApr5
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NEW LISBON – Pe-ter Jacobs, 75, who loved sports all his life – in recent years, golf most of all – died Saturday, March 24, after completing a round with a pal at Baywood Greens in Long Neck, Del.
He was born June 3, 1936, in Twillingate, New-foundland, one of twin sons (brother, Dick) born to Dr. Sherman Jacobs and Helen Cawley Jacobs. After his father’s residency, the fam-ily settled in Oneonta.
Pete was active in many sports. He played baseball, football and especially basketball at Oneonta High School. He continued to play in town teams and on traveling teams. In midlife he shifted to softball, play-
ing in several leagues; pitcher was his position. He was also an avid bowler and bowled in league play at the Elks Club.
Later, golf became his passion. His favorite course was Colonial Ridge, where he once shot a hole-in-one.
He played his final round with friend Paul Frano-lich. They’d been look-ing forward to it, played a good game, had fun. Pete turned to put away his club and collapsed. His friend administered CPR, but Pete had left this life.
He graduated from Broome Community Col-lege, served in the Air Force, and spent his en-tire career as a lineman at NYSE&G, retiring as a
chief lineman in 1992 after 31 years.
He spent his first 30 years in Oneonta, but adapted well to country life in New Lisbon with his wife Flo.
In addition to his wife, survivors include son Mike Jacobs and his companion, Cory O’Connor; daugh-ter-in-law Angie Jacobs, and grandsons Bradley and Brett; daughter Kelly Jacobs-Smith, her husband Scott and their daughter Cassie, all of Niskayuna.
He was a lifetime mem-ber of the Oneonta Elks, and a member of the Oneonta Vets Club and OHS Alumni Association.
Pete’s body has been cremated and the ashes will be interred at the Mount
Vision Cemetery and on his homestead.
The family will welcome friends 4-6 p.m. Friday, April 13, at the Lewis, Hur-ley & Pietrobono Funeral Home. A celebration of Pete’s life will follow at 6:30 p.m. at the Elks Club. An Elks Lodge of Sorrows Service is at 7 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to Catskill Area Hospice, 1 Birch-wood Drive, Oneonta, NY 13820 or to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 417005, Boston, MA. 02241-7005
Arrangements were en-trusted to the Lewis, Hur-ley & Pietrobono Funeral Home.
ONEONTA – Kenneth D. Armstrong 63, of Whites-boro, who rose to SUNY Delhi chief financial officer while residing in Oneonta, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday March 21, 2012 at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Utica, surrounded by his family.
He was born on Aug. 25, 1948, in Fulton, son of George E. and Mary (Dun-bar) Armstrong. He was a graduate of Paul V. Moore High School of Central Square and Columbia Col-lege, where he received a bachelor’s in business administration. He served in the Marines during the
Vietnam War.
On June 24, 1972, in Caughdenoy, he mar-ried Jeanne Salenske. The couple moved to Oneonta
when he accepted a posi-tion at SUNY Delhi, where he rose through the rands to CFO. He received the Chancellor Award for Excel-lence in 1999.
In addition to his wife, survivors include his chil-dren and their spouses, Amy Pabon and her husband Sam
of Sauquoit, Tracey Barone and her husband Tim of Whitesboro and Christie Scibior and her husband Da-ryl of New Hartford; also, grandchildren, his father and stepmother, George E. and Bertha Armstrong of Central Square, brothers and sisters, nieces and nephews. His mother Mary Armstrong and brother Dale predeceased him.
The funeral was Saturday, March 24, in Whitesboro. To express sympathies on-line, visit www.dfwefh.com.
Golf Fan, Oneontan Peter Jacobs, 75, Dies On Links
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Kenneth Armstrong, 62; Former SUNY Delhi CFO
ONEONTA – Lloyd F. Fraser, 88, a farmer who later worked for Neil R. Nielsen, the contractor who built the Elks Club, the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library and other landmarks, passed away Monday, March 19, 2012, at Fox Hospital.
He was born April 9, 1923, in Walton, the son of William and Mabel Fra-ser, and married Beverly J. O’Dell in 1945, at the United Presbyterian Church.
He ran the family farm in Fraser with his brother, William Jr., until 1962. He then moved to Oneonta and worked for Amphenol and at Otsego Fuel Products before joining Nielsen and his part-ner, Stanley Holmes, Sr.
Survivors include a daughter, Marilyn Greiner of Oneonta; a son, Lloyd “Ted” Fraser and companion, Donna Ross of Oneonta; five grandchildren, Terry, Troy and Tony Theologes, Tim Fraser and Stacia Fraser Hood; seven great-grand-children; also a brother, Har-old “Zeke” Fraser and wife Alice Fraser of Meridale.
He was predeceased by his wife, Beverly Fraser on April 26, 2007; and his brother, William Fraser Jr.
A memorial service is planned April 21, 2012, at the River Street Baptist
Church, at a time to be an-nounced. Interment was in Oneonta Plains Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to River Street Baptist Church, 133 River St., Oneonta, NY, the Lord’s Table, St. James Episco-pal Church, 305 Main St., Oneonta, NY or to the Sal-vation Army, 25 River St., Oneonta, NY 13820.
Arrangements were en-trusted to the Lewis, Hur-ley & Pietrobono Funeral Home.
Lloyd F. Fraser, 88; WorkedFor Famed Local Contractor
ANDES – Dr. Robert Lor, 87, who practiced chiroprac-ty on Long Island, then in Margaretville, for 55 years, died at home on Saturday, March 24, 2012.
He was born June 15, 1924, in New York City, the son of Alexander and Edna (Cadares) Lor. During World War II, he fought in Germany and France, and was awarded a Purple Heart. He married Stella Thomp-son on Feb. 7, 1950, in New York City.
Robert graduated from the Chiropractor Institute in New York City in 1951, then practiced on Long Island. In 1967, he opened a practice in Margaretville which he continued to 2006, when he retired at 81. He loved horses and working on his farm.
In addition to his wife, survivors include chil-dren Janice Lor, Gregory (Mary) Lor, Jeffrey (Vicki )Lor,
Ingrid Lor and Sonia Lor;
11 grandchildren, and twin sisters Doris Lor and Bicki Horne. He was predeceased by two grandchildren.
Funeral services are at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 31, at Hynes Funeral Home, Margaretville, with the Rev. Richard Dykstra, officiat-ing. Calling hours begin at 1 p.m. Committal services will be at a later date.
Memorial donations may be made to Catskill Area Hospice.
Robert Lor, 87; Chiropractor, WWII Vet
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Store Assistant need-ed for souvenir and ice cream store in Cooperstown. Du-ties include; operating cash register, schedul-ing employees, mer-chandizing, stocking shelves, selling, and customer service du-ties. Will work be-tween 9am and 9pm, flexible hours. Job could be year-round. Work hours vary from 20 to 40 hours per week. Must have a high school diploma or GED, and valid driver’s license. Must have excellent per-sonal hygiene. Retail and cash registered experience required. Wage depends on ex-perience, wage from $8/hour to $10.00 per hour. To apply go in-person to SEVENTH INNING STRETCH, 137 Main St., in Cooperstown.
JC Penney seeks a Department Supervisor in Oneonta. Department Supervisors provide customer service through leadership and supervision of assigned Division(s). Participate in cus-tomer service and sales support activities that ensure a shop-ping environment that promotes the Company’s ability to most effectively meet sales and profit objec-tives. Coach, develop and motivate team to achieve optimum pro-ductivity standards, sales and customer service. Department Supervisors are paid on a competitive hourly rate, which is also based upon the individual’s past experience. Must have ability to train
other workers. Ability to provide leadership and motivate others to performance levels to meet established cus-tomer service levels with good interper-sonal skills. Requires the ability to work independently, make decisions on staffing levels and take initia-tive to solve customer and associate con-cerns. The follow-ing positions may be available: Sales Asso-ciate; Replenishment Associate; and Salon Stylist. Apply on-line at: http://jobs.jcp.com/
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Dear Julia: As a graphic designer, you first have to make sure that your resume is touting your talents. By this, I mean use your resume to showcase some of your work, either by designing your resume in a unique manner, or by including a snapshot of your portfolio. It is great to have an online portfolio for review, but unfortunately if the hiring manager does not have time to view your work online they will not get a sense of your creative talents. By including a mini-portfolio on your resume, your work will be seen im-mediately, and will better prompt the reader to visit your site and view more of your work. This also creates a much more interesting resume and, when coupled with strong content, is sure to make your resume stand out from the crowd.
As the ‘Dear Sam’ mailbox receives so many questions like this from people with very diverse backgrounds, I thought I would take this opportunity to highlight other creative tactics you can use to make a better first impres-sion. Here are just some of the issues that come up time and time again from candidates who are having a hard time differentiating their skills from their competitors’.
For the administrative assistant: The most common complaint I hear from administrative assistants is that they do not have any accomplishments to highlight on their resume. Most feel that they have played a supportive role their entire career, and therefore can-not attribute any achievements solely to their efforts. But I have yet to work with an administrative assistant who didn’t have achievements of some kind — such as increasing organizational effectiveness by revamping the filing system, performing their job despite limited articulation of responsibilities, or even helping others better perform
their jobs by seeking out and taking on bigger tasks. By showcasing where you have driven value for an organization, you will really position yourself ahead of the competition.
For the teacher: One of the fields I enjoy writing most about is teaching, because there are a number of ways you can make a resume stand out as a teacher. First, instead of opening your resume with your full name, use your teaching name, such as ‘Miss Charlie’. This unique approach immediately positions you as a teacher and engages the reader. I also find myself using im-agery a lot on teaching resumes. Often this will be something as simple as ABC blocks, but I have also created teach-ing resumes with images of children playing, writing on the blackboard, etc. These images grab the reader’s atten-tion and make a case for the strength of the content in the resume. Lastly, if you have them available, I suggest adding written comments you have received from parents and students. You can even present them in a hand-written-style font to add a personal touch to your resume. These testimoni-als, particularly if they are from your students, reinforce the claims on your resume and present an outsider’s view of your core competencies.
For the salesperson: One of the big-gest mistakes I see in sales resumes is a lack of quantifiers. As a salesperson, your resume has to include quantifiers pertaining to your goals and actual achievements. Of course, if your quotas are small, or if you had trouble meeting your objectives, then quantifiers have to be used sparingly, but there are almost always ways to incorporate numbers into a sales resume. If you worked with a smaller company, try to quantify your successes in percent-ages as opposed to dollars. Doing so will keep you in the running for those
opportunities in which you would handle much higher volumes. I also find that some of my clients in the sales arena have never had solid goals and objectives, and therefore think that they don’t have anything to measure their performance against. If this is the case, try to compare the results you achieved with those of your peers, your competitors, or industry averages. Lastly, if you just can’t use quantifiers, maybe you have some sales-related awards you can showcase at the begin-ning of your resume, comments from clients, or even pull quotes from your annual reviews.
For the multi-talented job seeker: I work with a lot of clients who tell me that, for a number of reasons, they are open to many different opportunities and can do pretty much anything. While this is wonderful for expanding the client’s prospects, it does make writing an effective resume more difficult. For clients in this situation, I showcase their background in the professional experience section, which will essentially stay the same regardless of the job opportunity. I then incor-porate a list of competencies to allow for a very easy and quick way for the client to tailor their resume to each op-portunity. I like to place this list down the left side of a resume in its own column or, if I don’t need to be quite as extensive, at the end of the qualifica-tions summary. This competency list can include any type of experiences or skills that represents a person’s notable strengths. It is best if the job seeker de-velops a general set of these brief noun phases, and simply tailors them to each opportunity, based on the keywords in the job description that are aligned with their experience and education. This is a very simple thing anyone can do to create the tailored feel that hiring managers are looking for.
